Hinge



(ModeL) I F. W. LOWE.

HINGE.

No. 460,589. Patented 001;. 6, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK IV. LOIVE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,589, dated October 6, 1891.

Application filed November 17, 1890- Serial No. 371,628. (ModeL) 1'0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK W. LOWE, acitizen of the United States, residing in Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunk and Cracker-Box Hinges, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of hinges employed for trunks and such like articles.

The invention consists of two metal plates connected together by a pintle and provided with stops, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a hinge embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the hinge, taken on linear: m of Fig. 1, showing the hinge in the position it occupies when the lid of the trunk is closed. Fig. 3 is a similar section showing the hinge in the position it occupies when the lid of the trunk is open. Fig. lis a plan View of the female plate as it is stamped out and before its end is curled. Fig. 5 is a side view of the same with its end curled. Fig. 6 is a plan View of the male plate as it is stamped out and before its end is curled. Fig. 7 is a side view of the same with its end curled.

A represents the female plate, the inner end of which is cutto the form shown. The sides a a are bent round to form eyes, the projecting pieces a a forming stops. The male plate B is at its inner end cut to the form shown that is, with an extension I) to fit into the inner end of the female plate when the portion 1) is curled or bent into an eye. The projecting pieces I) 19 form stops that come into contact with the stops 0. a on the female plate, so as to limit the travel of the two plates.

After the ends of the plates have been curled to form eyes they are connected together by a pintle C.

D are holes for screws or rivets, by which the plates are secured to the trunk.

WVhen the hinge is secured to a trunk and the lid is closed the stops at b come into contact with each other, allowing the lid to close, but preventing it from being forced down beyond the proper point, and when the lid is opened the stops at) come into contact with each other when the lid has just passed the perpendicular line, so that the lid has a tendency to fall backward, but is retained by said stops.

It will be seen that by this construction a hinge capable of sustaining the lid of a trunk in an open position is produced at a very small cost.

What I claim as my invention is A trunk-hinge consisting of a female plate A, having at its inner end sides a aand stops c a a a and a male plate B, having an extension 12 and stops Z) b 1) b the inner end of each plate being bent into an eye and connected together by a pintle 0, said stops being between the eyes of the male and female plates and so arranged that when the lid is closed the plates will be on a vertical line and when the lid is open the plates will stand at nearly right angles with each other, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of 7 5 two subscribing witnesses, on this 26th day of April, A. D. 1890.

FRANK w. LowE.

Witnesses:

L. W. HowEs, EDWIN PLANTA. 

